forming an amphora copper

[pascalou]

Hello everyone. Not too much text in English .......( it's better for you ) but a some photos:
The amphora is copper 10/10 eme
Height 740 mm
diameter at the widest 280 mm
support is stainless steel: Flat 40 x10 mm
diameter 370 mm x 8
A +........P.L

[agsolder]

Pascalou-- Many thanks for posting the pictures! Your work is just stunning!

[nett]

Positively exquisite. I love the photo of your tools, too. What do you call the one with the raised button attached?

[pascalou]

Thank you for the appréciations
this tool s' call a " heap " .but c' is a generic term which s' applies to many supports. I l' have to adapt to the form " elliptic " to make the embossing of the coll.
P.L

[agsolder]

Pascalou-- could you please tell us what years of study, training, apprenticeship, it has taken you to develop this masterful level of skill? Or are you self-taught? Do you work in a commercial shop? An art studio? Self-employed? Thanks.

[nett]

Really cool. Silly me, I did not connect the elliptical embossing to the tool on my first examine. The more I study your amphora, the more I appreciate it.

[Bentiron1946]

That is beautiful work. Did you make the tools yourself? I like the windows of your shop. Not everyday one sees leaded glass windows in a shop. Thanks for the pictures.

[nett]

I think those leaded glass windows are actually some nice wrought ironwork. I understand the French take form and function very seriously. I believe that is why my neighbor, Robert Crumb, moved to southern France. He traded six of his sketchbooks for a townhouse in Sauve. Those French are pretty savvy, too.

Shops in California have failed miserably in that regard because they either have magnetic alarm strips or bars that look like they were designed for San Quentin or Folsom State Prison.

[Bentiron1946]

Nett, Your right, they are burglar bars. I guess even over there they have thieves. Still better then looking at straight lines.

[pascalou]

the worst, c' is to steal ................the grids